RE: RE: Re: [expert] KDE, GNOME, and Enlightenment

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 3) Can you think of an secure, automated way of opening the display for
> root?

man xauth
 
> Whoops! I forgot to give a complete answer to this one.  Root should
> never open x-terms.  Open them as a regular user, then su to root.  Less
> convenient, but MUCH safer.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> PES
> 

 

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